Real Madrid travel to Rayo Vallecano this evening with the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of La Liga to nine points. They’re six clear of second-placed Sevilla, who take on city rivals Real Betis tomorrow afternoon. Rayo have hit a poor run of form after a superb start to the season and sit eleventh.
Madrid enjoyed a fine 3-0 win over Deportivo Alaves last weekend to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League the midweek before. They’ll hope to maintain their strong run of form at Vallecas before facing Real Sociedad next weekend and then welcoming PSG to the Santiago Bernabeu for their return leg.
Carlo Ancelotti is expected to set up in a 4-3-3 tonight, starting Thibaut Courtois in goal behind a back four of Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Nacho and Ferland Mendy. Casemiro will start in midfield with Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, while Karim Benzema will lead the line flanked by Marco Asensio and Vinicius Junior.
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— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) February 26, 2022
Just tired of commenting… The doesn’t have any plans for PSG game… He is just after winning the league… Two main players are out of that game … Instead of preparing the back up plan with games to shape up things he uses same players that will not play the PSG return leg … Up til now……. What’s Hazard, Bale, Valverde, Camavinga, Blanco, Goes, doing on the bench…. World class players Bale Hazard…. Crazy……